HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance - 79-43 - Regulating Parking Vehicles/Designating Prohibited Parking - 11/20/1979 11/6/79
Revised 11/28/79
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CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE
HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA
Ordinance No. 79_ 41 =
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING REGULATIONS PROHIBITING THE
PARKING OF VEHICLES AND TO AUTHORIZE THE DESIGNATION
OF AREAS WHERE PARKING IS PROHIBITED AND THE ORDERING
AND PLACING OF SIGNS RELATIVE THERETO.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Definitions. For the purposes of this Ordin-
ance, the terms "vehicle" and " trailer" shall have those
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meanings as defined in Minnesota Statutes S169 . 01, and
"recreational equipment" shall have that meaning as defined
in Minnesota Statutes §168. 011.
Section 2 . Parking Regulations .
Subdivision 1. No person shall park any vehicle:
(a) On any public street in any one place for
a longer continuous period than 24 hours ,
provided this subsection shall not apply to
a vehicle operated by a physician on an
emergency call .
(b) On any public street or alley in the City
of Eden Prairie , after a snowfall of at least
two inches (211 ) , until such street or alley
has been plowed and the snow removed to the
curb line.
(c) On any public street for the purpose of dis-
playing it for sale .
(d) In any area where temporary signs are posted
reading "No Parking - Police Order" as long as
such signs are in place and have been posted
at the order of the Director of Public Safety.
(e) In a platted residential district, except when
unloading or loading or rendering a service,
if the vehicle is :
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(i) Licensed with a commercial license
and rated at more than one ton
capacity; or
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(ii) A commercial trailer; or
(iii) Is designed, used or maintained for
the towing of other motor vehicles
or equipment.
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(f) In any area affected by or the subject of
any sign erected pursuant to Section 3 of this ° .
Ordinance , except emergency vehicles respond-
ing to calls for service.
(g) In any private driveway or on private property
without the direct or implied consent of the }
owner or person in lawful possession of such
property.
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(h) On a public street or alley or in any City park-
ing area or any shopping center parking lot or 4
any apartment building parking lot without
securing the ignition so that it may not then s
be started by another. Provided , however , that
public road maintenance or public safety
emergency equipment, which by its nature is
difficult to restart, may be kept running if
the vehicle is secured and locked so as to
prevent access to its driving controls by the
public. If the ignition is secured by a key ,
such person shall remove the key from the vehicle.
(i) On any parking lot within the City that does
not conform to the stall or position for park-
ing designated on the surface of the parking
area or in any area of any such parking lot
which has been designated or is used for a
lane for moving traffic so as to interfere
with the movement of traffic thereon.
Subdivision 2 . No person shall park any trailer
or recreational equipment on a public street in
any one place for a longer continuous period than
24 hours.
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Subdivision 3 . No person shall park more than one
commercially licensed vehicle on or adjacent to a
lot in a platted residential district at any time ,
except when loading or unloading or rendering a
service. The term "platted" as used in this Sec-
tion 2 shall include, in addition to lands within
duly recorded plats , lands within recorded regis-
tered land surveys and auditors ' subdivisions .
Subdivision 4 . The Director of Public Safety or
City Engineer may post signs at any entrance to a
private parking lot from a public street, which
shall designate one-way traffic for entrance or
exit, and the driver of any vehicle entering or
leaving any such lot shall comply with any such
sign. j
Subdivision 5. This section shall not apply to
the driver of a school bus stopped for the purpose
of receiving or discharging any school child or
school children, provided the bus is equipped and '
identified as provided in M. S . §169. 44 and is f
c displaying the flashing red lamps and stop arm
required thereon.
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Section 3 . No Parking Signs . Whenever the owner or per-
son, who is in lawful possession of property used for or
in connection with commercial or industrial purposes, is
required by ordinance, by the conditions precedent or appli-
cable to the issuance of a use or occupancy permit, or by
order of the State Fire Marshal , Fire Chief, or the Direc-
tor of Public Safety to maintain driveways , access lanes , or
other areas unobstructed by parked or stopped vehicles for
the purpose of insuring access or egress for police, fire and
emergency vehicles, the owner or person in lawful possession
of such property shall place or cause to be placed a sign or
{ signs and paint curbing yellow as follows :
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(1) A sign or signs shall be placed at appropriate
locations under the supervision of the State
Fire Marshal, Fire Chief, or the Director of
Public Safety.
(2) Any such sign shall be placed in such a posi-
tion that it is visible to anyone attempting to
use the way, lane or area for parking, and shall
state: "No Stopping or Parking" or "No Parking -
Fire Lane - By Order of (name of authorized
person issuing order)
(3) Any such sign shall be permanent and nonportable,
except when a temporary sign is approved by
written order of the State Fire Marshal , Fire
Chief , or the Director of Public Safety . Such
sign shall not be smaller than 18 inches by 12
inches and shall be white with red lettering.
(4) At the entrance to a business or an establish-
meet where any such sign has been placed as set
forth in this section , exception may be made for
persons who discharge passengers from their
vehicles at such an entrance.
( 5) All curbing which borders on or is adjacent to any
such way, lane or area shall be painted yellow as
directed by the Fire Marshal , Fire Chief, or the s
Director of Public Safety . t
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Section 4 . Liability of Owner. In any prosecution charg-
ing a violation of this Ordinance, proof that the particular
vehicle described in the complaint was parked in violation of
this Ordinance, together with proof that the defendant named
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in the complaint or citation was at the time of such parking
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the registered owner of such vehicle , shall constitute prima
facie evidence that the registered owner of such vehicle was
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the person who parked or placed such vehicle at the point
where such violation occurred.
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Section 5 . Offenses . Failure to obey the above Parking
Regulations shall constitute a petty misdemeanor. Failure of
a property owner or person in lawful possession of property
to place or post and maintain such sians and yellow curbing
as described and authorized in Section 3 is a misdemeanor.
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Section 6 . Penalty. Any person violating Section 2 of
this Ordinance shall be guilty of a petty misdemeanor and
shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $100.00 . Any per-
son violating Section 3 of this Ordinance shall be guilty of
a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine not to exceed
$500 . 00 or imprisonment in the County Jail for a period not
to exceed ninety (90) days, or both fine and imprisonment,
but in either case the costs of prosecution may be added.
FIRST READ at a regular meeting of the Council of the
City of Eden Prairie this 20thday of November 1979 and
finally read, adopted and ordered published at a regular
meeting of the Council of said City this 4th day of
December , 1979.
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olfgang denzel - Mayor
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4ohn D. Frane - City Clerk
PUBLISHED in the Eden Prairie News on the loth day of
January 1980.
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